Abstract

GIANASI, Luciana Bezerra de Souza  and  OLIVEIRA, Denize Cristina de. Burnout syndrome and its representations among health professionals. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.3, pp. 756-772. ISSN 1808-4281.

The article aims to compare the social representations of Exhaustion Professional and Burnout, among health professionals in a public university hospital in Rio de Janeiro. This work is part of the results of a doctoral thesis, which may be characterized as a descriptive, cross-sectional profile, departing from a convenience sample, in a total of 99 individuals. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire using free evocation of words technique, analyzed through the EVOC 2005 software and construction of the four-digit chart. The results indicate a single social representation of "burnout syndrome" and "exhaustion professional", structured from the terms stress and fatigue that are part of the central nucleus. It can be concluded that health professionals have a rooted social representation in two dimensions, one physical and other psychological, emphasizing the importance of the working conditions for health professions, especially in the surgical ward. The results may contribute to the development of theoretical field of burnout, especially for its conceptual understanding.

Keywords : social representation; burnout syndrome; health professional.

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